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Watch some startup "invent" a revolutionary lossless format that discards some information.
Xerox did that ages ago.
https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres_are_switching_written_numbers_when_scanning
Fuuuuuck. There goes another business idea. 😂
That's the point of revolution, no?
Going back to something that was in the past, except giving it a new name and context:P